22000099--22003311 Department of Town & Country Planning, Punjab O/o District Town Planner, Gurdaspur LOCATION OF SRI HARGOBINDPUR LOCAL PLANNING AREA IN DISTRICT GURDASPUR MASTER PLAN SRI HARGOBINDPUR CONTENTS Chapter No Particulars Page No Chapter No 1 Brief Summary 1-8 Chapter No 2 Regional Framework 9 2.1 Vision For Regional Development 9 2.2 Broad Planning Intention For L.P.A. 10 2.3 SWOT Analysis 11-12 Chapter N0 3 Regional Setting 14 3.0.1 State of Punjab 14 3.0.2 Rapid Urban Growth 15-18 3.1 Local Planning Area Sri Hargobindpur 20 3.2 Constitute Area & Jurisdiction 21 3.3 Physiography & Climate 22-23 Chapter No 4 Historical Background 24 Chapter No 5 Legal Framework 26-36 Chapter No 6 Population Growth & Characteristic 38-47 Chapter No 7 Economy & Employment 48 7.1 Salient Features of Economic Growth in Punjab 48-49 7.2 Major business Trend &Retail 50 7.3 Employment 50-52 7.4 Key Issues 53 7.5 Emerging Economic Drivers of Local Planning Area 54 Chapter No 8 Review of Existing Land Use 55-69 Chapter No 9 Planning Problems & Objectives 70 9.1 Planning Problems 70 9.2 Planning Objectives 71 Chapter No 10 Projections & Distribution of Population 72 10.1 Population Projection 72-74 10.2 Proposed Population Distribution 74-75 Chapter No 11 Proposed Land use Plan –(2009-2031) 76-83 11.1 Recommendation 84-88 Chapter No 12 Zoning Regulation 89-107 LIST OF TABLES 3.1 Trends in Urbanization-Punjab (1971-2001) 3.1 Trends in Urban Population in Different Size/Categories 3.2 Net State Domestic Product 6.1 Population Density (Within M.C. Limit) 6.2 Population Growth of Sri Hargobindpur 6.3 Population Constituent of Local Planning Area 6.4 Population Growth of Local Planning Area 6.5 Sex Ratio 6.6 Literacy Rate 6.7 Religious Composition in District Gurdaspur 6.8 Scheduled Caste Population 6.9 Population of Punjab 6.10 Population Growth of Punjab 6.11 Population Growth of Local Planning Area 6.12 Population of Local Planning Area 6.13 Share of Local Planning Area in Punjab 7.1 Key Economic Indicator 7.2 Detail of Workers 8.1 Detail of Existing Land Use of Sri Hargobindpur 8.2 Detail of Existing Land Use of Municipal Area of Sri Hargobindpur – 2009 8.3 Detail of Existing Land Use of Local Planning Area of Sri Hargobindpur-2009 10.1 Population Projection for Local Planning Area Sri Hargobindpur 10.2 Population Projection 10.3 Planning Norms for Informal Sectors 10.4 Detail of Proposed Land Use of Local Planning Area of Sri Hargobindpur 11.1 Zone Wise Details of Various Land Use within Urbanisable Limits LIST OF ANNEXURES Annexure 1: Notification Regarding Declaration of LPA, Sri Hargobindpur 108-109 Annexure 2: Notification Regarding Declaration of Planning Agency 110 1. BRIEF SUMMARY: SRIHARGOBINDPUR –TOWN OF RELIGIOUS, HERITAGE &CULTURAL IMPORTANCE 1.1 Introduction To meet the challenge of rapid growth of Sri Hargobindpur town and its surroundings and to provide the workable frame work for comprehensive planned and regulated development, preparation of statuary master plan of Sri Hargobindpur town is very essential. Hence in order to develop Sri Hargobindpur town and its surroundings in an orderly manner and to prepare its master plan under the Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Act-1995, the Local Planning Area of Sri Hargobindpur within the meaning of section 56(1) of Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Act-1995 has been notified. Total area proposed for local planning area is 5639 Hectares Including Sri Hargobindpur town and 24 villages. 1.2 Regional Setting Sri-Hargobindpur is located on the western bank of river Beas at distance of 40 kms from Gurdaspur, 32 kms from Batala, 20 kms from Tanda and 60 kms from Amritsar. It lies between 300-41’ North Latitude and 750-29’ East Longitude. It is connected with Gurdaspur, Batala, Jalandhar, and Amritsar with roads. There is no rail link available in this area. Local Planning Area Sri Hargobindpur is comprised of a part of alluvial plain of Bari Doab, which abruptly falls to the flood plain of river Beas. 1.3 Historical Background “Established, decayed and re-established” is the legend of Sri Hargobindpur. A small village once known as “Village Rahila” was created by Pathans. The village had also some Hindu population. As per “Mahan Kosh” written by Bhai Kahan Singh, the village was named “Gobindpur” by the 5th Guru of Sikhs, Shri Guru Arjan Dev in 1644 (Samat) who had a cultivated land in the village. The town having a religious link with Guru Hargobind Rai has very important Gurdwaras such as Gurdwara Damdama Sahib, Gurdwara Sat Kartarian and Gurdwara Manji Sahib. People from far away and near by visit these Gurdwaras on Amawas. A mela is also held in the town once a year. On the bank of river Beas a maszid known as Guru Ki Masit is also located which was constructed by the sixth Guru Sri Guru Hargobind Rai Ji. In a nearby village Kishankot, an old temple of Radha Krishan is also located which was constructed by Maharaja Ranjit Singh. 1.4 LEGAL FRAMEWORK The Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Act, (Amended 2006) provides the legal framework for preparation of Master Plan.The four stage process involves declaration of Local Planning Area, designation of Planning Agency, preparation of present land use map and preparation and approval of Master Plan. The contents of the Master Plan as laid down by the Act are:- (a) Broad indication of the manner in which the land in the area should be used. (b) Allocation of areas or zones of land for use for different purposes. (c) Indication, definition and provision of the existing and proposed highways, roads, major streets and other lines of communication. (d) Indication of areas covered under heritage site and the manner in which protection, preservation and conservation of such site including its regulation and control of development, which is either affecting the heritage site or its vicinity, shall be carried out. (e) Regulations to regulate within each zone the location, height, number of story and size of buildings and other structures, open spaces and the use of buildings and structures. The Act also provides for “Control of Development and Use of Land in Area where Master Plan is in Operation” 1.5 Population growth The population of LPA Sri Hargobindpur was recorded 22,239 persons as per census data (2001) with a decadal growth rate of about 39.73% during the year 1991-2001. The details are summarized in table below: POPULATION GROWTH RATE IN % 1981 1991 2001 1981-91 1991-2001 PUNJAB STATE * TOTAL 16.79 20.28 24.36 20.79 20.12 URBAN 4.65 5.99 8.25 28.82 37.73 RURAL 12.14 14.29 16.11 17.71 12.74 Population in Million LPA SRI HARGOBINDPUR TOTAL 17,126 15,916 22,239 -07.07 39.73 URBAN 3,215 3,461 5450 07.65 57.47 RURAL 13,911 12,455 16,789 -10.47 34.80 Source: Census of India, Punjab 1981, 1991, 2001, The average gross population density of Sri Hargobindpur town is 61.83 persons per hectare. 1.6 Housing The town has registered 978 residential houses during last census i.e. 2001. More than 40% housing stock was found in unlivable conditions as per as the building conditions are concerned. In case livable conditions are taken into account, more than 3/4th housing stock is not in livable conditions, although the number of inhabited units indicates that the housing stock is available as per the requirement. The core area of the town is densely populated with very small size of houses. Most of them are having one to two rooms and in more than 80% cases even bathroom facility is not available. Similar is case with toilet facility. Numerically there is no shortage of housing but study reveals that 40% houses are in very bad conditions, further 25% housing stock is rated as below average conditions, 30% are in satisfactory range where as only 10% is in good conditions. 1.7 Employment The economy of the town and its Local Planning Area is based mainly on trading and on Agro based industry including Rice shellers, Saw Mills, Brick Kilns and other Cottage Industries also contribute to the economic wellbeing of the people of the town. The employment data covering categories such as Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Mining and Quarrying, Manufacturing, Construction, Wholesale and Retail Trade, Transport, Storage and communication education, health and Social Work, Other community, Social and personal Service Activities, Private households with employed persons. The function of Sri Hargobindpur since its inception had been “Agriculture & Trade”. The records of 2001 census show that 31.32% worker are cultivators, 8.59% are Agricultural laboures, 9.53% were engaged in household Industries 33.30 % in other categories and 17.26% workers are classified as marginal workers. 1.8 Existing Land Use: Preparation of present land use map was undertaken with the help of Punjab Remote Sensing Centre (PRSC), Ludhiana. For the core built up area Quick Bird data of 0.6m resolution was used where as for the outer areas Cartosat I data of 2.5 m resolution was used. The maps based on satellite imageries were updated by undertaking field surveys. Out of a total LPA area of 5639 hectare (as calculated by PRSC) maximum proportion is occupied by agricultural use (4305.15 hectare), 355.82 hectare followed by residential, 06.98 hectare by industrial and 151.80 hectare by transport.